State Mining Authorities Move to Track, Comment on Waters of the US. Proposal

摘要

An organization representing 26 state mining authorities has formed a working group to track and comment on the waters of the U.S. proposed rule, the first time the group will take such action related to water regulation since it was formed in 1970. The Interstate Mining Compact Commission formed the working group-consisting of at least seven of its member states-at its annual conference in Reno, Nev., April 27 through April 30, Greg Conrad, executive director of the commission, told Bloomberg BNA May 6. The Clean Water Act rule, which the government proposed March 25, would bring under federal jurisdiction all tributaries of streams, lakes, ponds and impoundments, as well as wetlands that affect the chemical, physical and biological integrity of larger, navigable downstream waters.